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Take your enterprise anywhere you want to go. Windows NT lets you work away from the office, keep in touch via email, and coordinate copies of your documents with those on the system. This month, we look at laptop computing, Exchange for remote users, modems, ISDN, Remote Access Service, and more.


Windows and Databases Meet the Inter(intra)net

By Ken North, 05/01/1996

Ken North explains Microsoft's new architecture, which blurs the distinction between Internet and non-Internet applications.

Compaq LTE 5200

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

Power Computing on the road.

Adaptec SlimSCSI

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

Getting a CD-ROM drive by using SlimSCSI PC Card SCSI adapter.

Avalan’s Remotely Possible/32 Remote Control Software

By John Enck, 05/01/1996

Remotely Possible/32 lets a client system connect with a host system and communicate with that user, transfer files, ore assume control of all its operations.

Buy the Numbers

By Andy Smith, 05/01/1996

High Marks for the Evolution Dual6

HP NetServer 5/166 LS4

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

You get more reliability for your money with HP's NetServer 5/166 LS4.

NT Can Make Like a Mac

By John Enck, 05/01/1996

John Enck shows you how to smoothly integrate Macintoshes with your Windows NT system.

Airsoft’s Powerburst

By John Enck, 05/01/1996

Poverburst by Airsoft is a remote-access accelerator.

ISDN to the Rescue

By John Enck, 05/01/1996

John Enck tells you how to overcome the trials and tribulations of ISDN installation.

Internet Email Architecture

By Lawrence E. Hughes, 05/01/1996

A simple Internet mail system is faster and easier to use than paper mail.

NT Workstations Using an IP Router

By Mark Minasi, 05/01/1996

Mark Minasi looks at what can happen with your NT workstation when you connect to the Internet with an IP router.

Citrix WinFrame 1.6 Beta

By Tim Daniels, 05/01/1996

WinFrame is not a service that runs on NT; it's an extension to NT.

On the Road with Exchange

By Tim Daniels, 05/01/1996

Tim Daniels shows you how Exchange Client and email let you stay online--even when you're offline.

Briefcase: The File Synchronizer

By Jon Honeyball, 05/01/1996

Jon Honeyball opens Windows NT 4.0's Briefcase to see how far its document comparison capabilities can go when you're working on the road.

Secure Enterprise Email

By Lawrence E. Hughes, 05/01/1996

Lawrence Hughes explains how to ensure that your email system is not open to anyone who wants to read it.

RAS-Compatible PC Card Modems

By Andy Smith, 05/01/1996

A comparison of seven RAS-Compatible PC Card Modems

Symantec’s pcANYWHERE32

By John Enck, 05/01/1996

Symantec recognized the challenge of RAS and responded by introducing new capabilities to remote control products in the form of pcANYWHERE32.

NT in the Field

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

A case study that combined California Microwave and the military.

ECCI’s QuadRANT Remote Access System

By Andy Smith, 05/01/1996

ECCI's QuadRANT Remote Access System is industrial-strenght remote access hardware.

ALR’s Evolution Dual6

By Andy Smith, 05/01/1996

Evolution Dual6's, from ALR, price and performance is tough to beat.

Tricks & Traps

By Bob Chronister, 05/01/1996

Bob Chronister eases your mind and solves your NT problems.

Internet RAS-o-mania

By Alex Pournelle, 05/01/1996

Alex Pournelle has some tips about connecting RAS to the Internet without tearing out your hair.

Windows NT RAS Scripting

By Steve Scoggins, 05/01/1996

Steve Scoggins directs you to the Internet with scripts to automate RAS login.

NT 4.0 Beta 1 in the Lab

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

The Lab test the first beta release of NT 4.0.

SMS: Inventory Your Desktop Systems, Part 1

By Spyros Sakellariadis, 05/01/1996

Spyros Sakellariadis shows you how to collect inventory information in Part One of a three-part series.

FieldWorks FW7600

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

A "Ruggedized Luggable" you can kick the crud out of.

The Road Ahead: Internet Battle

By Mark Smith, 05/01/1996

"The Internet is Everything."—Bill Gates, March 1996

Life on a Laptop with Windows NT

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1996

Joel Sloss scouts NT's advance into laptop territory, chronicling the hazards and pleasures on the way.


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